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Originally Posted by Loosheesh
Not much reading done in the past week; didn't pick up My Cousin Rachel at all during this time, so I'm still only a third way in. I made some more headway into the Father Brown omnibus (now on to the fourth set of stories [ The Secret of Father Brown])
I finally completed Mortimer Adler's How to Read a Book that I started in July. I now have to review my notes and highlights which, put together, are about 1/3 the size of the book 
I also completed my lone issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (June 2011) that I picked up when Fictionwise was still alive.
Other than the du Maurier book, I have no firm plans on what to read this coming week ... ' too much choice dilemma'  |
Ugh, my reading is now officially all over the place. This always happens when I spend more than 5 minutes digging around in my Calibre library; I see ALL the books and I want to read ALL the books ... right now! Consequently, I end up reading very little
Still no more du Maurier, but I completed the
Father Brown omnibus. I also read
Murder in Midwinter (by Lesley Cookman),
After the Night (by Linda Howard) and my lone issue of
Asimov's Science Fiction magazine (June 2011) which, like the AHMM above, I picked up when Fictionwise was still around.
I loved the
Father Brown mysteries (though Sherlock Holmes is more my ideal detective-type); I enjoyed the writing and appreciated much of the theological insights scattered therein.
Murder in Midwinter bordered on mediocre. It's the third book in the Libby Sarjeant series and it was pretty much a yawn. I barely remember any of the details of the first two books (I read them a couple years ago) and I don't much care for Libby and Fran's style of sleuthing. It's just so, IDK, bumbling and disorderly. Maybe this is supposed to be the charm/the point? The trouble is, I got the first book free, and went on to pick up what was the rest of the series at the time - 9 books at $0.99 each, and now I'm stuck with them. If I'd just taken the time to read the first book, well, first, I'd never have bought the others
After the Night is an old favorite and I reread it yesterday in just about one sitting. Rereading a favorite book has to be one of the best indulgences in the world
I liked all the stories in the Asimov magazine issue but I especially liked the cover story (
Kiss Me Twice), which features homicide detectives Scott Huang and his AI partner, Metta. I would've loved this to be a full-length novel.
As I seem to be in the mood for bits and bites, I'll root around in my Calibre for a short story collection to nibble on (though I'm leaning heavily towards Saki) while I decide what to read next (and hopefully complete My Cousin Rachel soon
) We'll see